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| Spades or bananas I submitted a question directly to Ray Kimber at audioasylum with respect to bare wire (am using Kimber 8TC) and he clearly pointed out that once secured onto the binding post, the oxidization occurs but not at the point of contact. If it's ok wit... | |
| Best SS Integrateds for a 4-500 budget It looks like Artech Electronics still has a few Audiolab 8000S (with remote, but no phono like the 8000A) at $449 for demos or $549 for new, an amp that was very highly thought of at $1,100. 60 Watt rating, but actually delivers more, I can recal... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? If you haven't replaced your receptacles at the wall (or in your line conditioner if you have one), I'd strongly recommend the Arrow Hart 8200 (available for about $8 U.S.) If you have two or 3 receptacles that your system is drawing from, this wi... | |
| Homemade floor protectors -- advice needed Forget the spikes and buy some vibrapods; buy 4 for each speaker not 3 at the proper weight. I used to spike my speakers through carpet to a hardwood floor, but after some experimentation, settled on vibrapods on laminated glass on top of a low pi... | |
| Is my DVD player POSSESSED? I've experienced a similar problem that may (read MAY) be solved by simply powering the player down, and then unplugging it for a few minutes and plugging it back in. My player exhibited this problem about a week after it was out of warranty (abou... | |
| Hubbell hospital grade outlets w/ surge protection The FIM is based on a standard Woodhead receptacle (about $10) and I don't have any experience with it, nor am I in the market for $65 US receptacles. In my experience, the Arrow Hart 8200 is a great sounding hospital grade receptacle, available f... | |
| Please help me choose CD isolation For very little money (probably under $30) you could try out a piece of laminated glass (also known as security glass) on top of the vibrapods with the CD player on top of the glass. You could also try vibrapods between the glass and CD player wit... | |
| How Do You Clean Your CD's? I use a Discwasher rotary cleaner (don't think it's available now-but Radioshack or your local CD store sells a similar kind of product for about $15) which I may have to replace shortly as I'm on the last of the replaceable pads. You spray the di... | |
| Why Anchor Speakers? I used to have my floorstanding speakers spiked (through a low pile berber carpet) to a hardwood floor but experimented a few months ago with 1/4 inch laminated (security) glass-two 15" x 15" pieces, one beneath each speaker, no spikes. Total cost... | |
| Help for S-video and Digital Optical For a LOT less than $200 the Tributaries DCV-S is an extremely good cable. Because I needed a longer run, I replaced a Monster M-1000 S-video cable (much more expensive than the Tribuatries!) with the DCVS and actually felt that I upgraded. Sorry,... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? chance to listen yet? Curious to hear what your thoughts are. | |
| Nice Warm AC cord for a PLC Abe: We have been through this debate a zillion times before here. I am certainly not an advocate of the thousand dollar cords as I have a very modest system; I have however purchased 3 cords for use in that system at around $200 (used) a piece, a... | |
| homegrown audio vs. kimber Megasam: How does the Silver Lace compare to the Silver Audio Hyacinth? | |
| You get what you pay for... I was a late convert to CD around '96-'97 and my first player was a Cambridge CD4. After going through 3 of them in about 6 months because of breakdowns, I upgraded, at no charge courtesy of my dealer, to an Arcam Alpha 7, so in that sense, I woul... | |
| Best Find Ever??? Bought my Michell Gyrodec with a Premier MMT arm and Koetsu Black for $150 U.S. about 12 years ago at a police auction (mainly stolen bikes). Had to spend about another $300 to put it into excellent condition, but still not a bad deal. Still have ... |